extreme case

Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words

an example that is very unusual or severe

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Examples (10)

  • In an extreme case, the company might terminate the contract.
  • This patient represents an extreme case of the disease, with symptoms we've never seen before.
  • Fines are usually small, but in an extreme case, the business could be shut down.
  • While most teenagers rebel a little, his behavior was an extreme case of defiance.
  • The new policy is designed to handle even the most extreme cases.
  • If it were an extreme case, we would have to evacuate the entire building.
  • The study focused on an extreme case to better understand the limits of the theory.
  • Is this considered a typical situation, or is it an extreme case?
  • That was an extreme case of system failure that led to a complete data loss.
  • This is a rare and extreme case, not representative of the average user's experience.